1Morally or intellectually corrupt or worthless; base, foul, loathsome; = putrid. Now rare.
Frequently used as a general term of contempt or disparagement..
2Physically rotten, putrid. rare.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Fulke (d. 1589), theologian and college head. From classical Latin pūtidus rotten, decaying, stinking, foul, base from pūtēre to stink + -idus.